Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop

From	Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject	Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop
Date	2015-04-17 22:14 +0100
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On 17/04/2015 20:35, beliavsky@aol.com.dmarc.invalid wrote:
> On Friday, April 17, 2015 at 1:25:51 PM UTC-4, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> We are happy to announce that we will be hosting a Django Girls Workshop
>> during the EuroPython 2015. It will take place on 20th of July, the
>> first day of the conference.
>>
>> We believe in the work that this group is doing to bring more women
>> into technology, and we will work towards making EuroPython 2015
>> enjoyable and welcoming for these beginner programmers.
>
> If your target audience is women, I think you should have termed it the Django Womens Workshop rather than the Django Girls Workshop. Referring to adults as children can be seen as condescending.
>

http://djangogirls.org/

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Mark Lawrence

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EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@europython.eu> - 2015-04-17 19:25 +0200
  Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop beliavsky@aol.com - 2015-04-17 12:35 -0700
    Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-04-17 23:31 +0300
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 16:44 -0400
        Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-04-19 13:35 +1000
          Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-04-18 20:53 -0700
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-04-18 08:04 +1000
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-04-17 19:29 -0400
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-04-17 18:14 -0600
      Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop catperson <me@anonymous.invalid> - 2015-04-17 19:17 -0700
    Re: EuroPython 2015: Django Girls Workshop Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-04-17 22:14 +0100

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